Transnational disputes have unique legal challenges that Maxine Long has tackled for 30 years. She often uses her own creative strategies to handle issues ranging from international negotiations to dispute resolution and post-judgment remedies. An experienced partner in the Miami Litigation Department, she focuses on resolving disputes for companies and financial institutions in the U.S. and abroad.
Ms. Long has been board certified in business litigation by The Florida Bar since 1996. Her expertise allows her to negotiate problem transactions, address broken contracts and dispute breached warranties. While she is skilled in financial transactions and banking matters, she is also experienced in creditors' rights and remedies, transnational business and product liability issues. Clients include individuals, corporations, foreign and national banks, and government entities. Her work with a local church has also led to a side niche--counseling churches of various denominations.
International Experience
The international aspect of Ms. Long's practice is extensive, with cases often involving foreign banking transactions and contract disputes. She has experience with cases under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, as well as various treaties and conventions, and is particularly skilled at handling cases that span multiple jurisdictions. She represented parties in three countries, for example, and has also represented agencies and instrumentalities of several Latin American nations.
Professional Activities
At Shutts & Bowen, Ms. Long serves as the Pro Bono Coordinator and personally volunteers more than 100 hours a year as counsel for the Office of Public Guardian of Broward County. She joined Shutts & Bowen in 1980, following a clerkship with U.S. District Judge C. Clyde Atkins.
Ms. Long also lends her expertise to others through lectures and seminars to law students at Nova Southeastern University and articles about various topics in the field. She is the author of "Federal Jurisdiction", Business Litigation in Florida, The Florida Bar, (6th edition 2010) 5th ed. 2007, and she co-authored "What Do I Do with My Judgment Now? A Primer on the New Centralized Judgment Lien Law," The Florida Bar Journal, Nov. 2001.
Ms. Long is listed in Who's Who in American Law, Who's Who of American Women, Who's Who in America, and Who’s Who in the World.
Aside from her many pro bono hours at the firm, Ms. Long also serves groups in the community. She is on the board and past president of the Dranoff International Two Piano Foundation, a non-profit that sponsors the Dranoff International Two-Piano Competition in Miami, is president and an elder of her church, and serves as counsel to the Presbytery of Tropical Florida.
Recognition
- Martindale Hubbell A-V Rated
- Florida Super Lawyers, selected for inclusion in Business Litigation in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Education
- University of Miami, J.D., cum laude,1979
- Georgetown University, M.S., Linguistics
- Bryn Mawr College, A.B., cum laude
Bar Admissions
- The Florida Bar
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. District Courts, Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Florida
Affiliations
- American Bar Foundation, Fellow
- Dade County Bar Association
- Dranoff International Two Piano Foundation, Vice President
- The Florida Bar, Business Law Section, Past Chair
- The Florida Bar, Business Law Section, Executive Council
